Politics and Business
He apprenticed as a carpenter and cabinetmaker.
He was justice of the peace for Solebury Township Bucks Co. PA for several years, and served as coroner of Bucks County four years.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1796 and 1797. Immediately following his term in the Pennsylvania House he was elected as a Republican (aka Democratic-Republican, Jeffersonian, or "old Republican") to the Seventh and Eighth Congresses.
He moved to Zanesville, Ohio, in 1805 after Pres. Thomas Jefferson appointed him receiver of the land office at Zanesville. He held that office until December 1826 when he resigned in favor of his son Bernard.
He and his son in law Dr. John E. Hamm founded the White Glass Co. of Zanesville Ohio in 1815, of which he was President.
He was President of The Second Federal Bank of Zanesville.
He was involved in a number of early Zanesville businesses, and was a large landholder.
He was head of a political faction in the 2d Capital of Ohio.
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